Roger Hutchinson

Roger Hutchinson (28 June 1952-) was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim East from 25 June 1998 to 26 November 2003, preceding Sammy Wilson. He was a member of the UK Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party.

Biography
Roger Hutchinson was born in Northern Ireland on 28 June 1952 to a family of Anglo-Irish Protestants, and he became a Protestant minister and a businessman after graduating from Larne Technical College. In 1998, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a member of the UK Unionist Party, but he disagreed with Robert McCartney's plan to resign if Sinn Fein became a part of the power sharing executive. He left UKUP and became an independent Ulster unionist, and he became a member of the Democratic Unionist Party in November 2000. He remained a member of the NIA until 2003, when he failed to win re-election as an independent.